The Melody of Oblivion :
Is an exploration of the frailty and greed of humanity. Every episode explores some form of fear, jealousy, and greed. The moral of the story is the Sith philosophy that peace is a lie, and that war promotes stability. If we ever eliminate everything that threatens us, we are bound to threaten ourselves, and thus humanity requires a common enemy, a common fear to keep it under check, because that common enemy is a lesser evil than we ourselves are when left to our own greed.

Casshern Sins - It's an exploration of humanity's need to rely on a higher power and its demise should that power disappear. It then proceeds to explore the fears and hardships people go through at the end of the world. Actually now that I think about it, the structure of Casshern Sins' story is very similar to that of season 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth. Actually, it's the same. Emeraude = Luna, the Magic Knights = Casshern.

Full Metal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood) - Equal Exchange. For every good thing that happens in this show, something really F'ed up happens in exchange. Brotherhood usually has a net gain, the original FMA though is constantly kept at 0, its losses always balance out its gains.

One Piece - This is not a philosophical anime all in all, but it does have one specific philosophy that I people may not have noticed, and this philosophy has pretty much been prevalent throughout the whole show, and Luffy is the embodiment of this philosophy. It's best summed up by the lyrics : "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!" Seriously, that is the theme of this show, do whatever the hell you want, don't let the authorities or anyone tell you what you should be doing.

Wait...not Brotherhood?

Brotherhood was not nearly as philosophical as the original. Like I said Brotherhood had quite a few net gains, and had some real feel good moments. The original one on the other hand always had gains followed by losses, it was very faithful to its philosophy of equal exchange. It even ended with you feeling kind of disappointed because the protagonists did not necessarily get a happy ending, though it wasn't a sad ending either. They were in a more or less equal but different position than they were at the beginning of the series. The fact that there was no real net gain in happiness leaves the viewer with an odd taste in their mouth and most people didn't like that.

Brotherhood had a really happy ending. Things were lost, but in the end there was quite a bit of net gain. You felt better for watching it.

The Melody of Oblivion :
Is an exploration of the frailty and greed of humanity. Every episode explores some form of fear, jealousy, and greed. The moral of the story is the Sith philosophy that peace is a lie, and that war promotes stability. If we ever eliminate everything that threatens us, we are bound to threaten ourselves, and thus humanity requires a common enemy, a common fear to keep it under check, because that common enemy is a lesser evil than we ourselves are when left to our own greed.

Casshern Sins - It's an exploration of humanity's need to rely on a higher power and its demise should that power disappear. It then proceeds to explore the fears and hardships people go through at the end of the world. Actually now that I think about it, the structure of Casshern Sins' story is very similar to that of season 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth. Actually, it's the same. Emeraude = Luna, the Magic Knights = Casshern.

Full Metal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood) - Equal Exchange. For every good thing that happens in this show, something really F'ed up happens in exchange. Brotherhood usually has a net gain, the original FMA though is constantly kept at 0, its losses always balance out its gains.

One Piece - This is not a philosophical anime all in all, but it does have one specific philosophy that I people may not have noticed, and this philosophy has pretty much been prevalent throughout the whole show, and Luffy is the embodiment of this philosophy. It's best summed up by the lyrics : "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!" Seriously, that is the theme of this show, do whatever the hell you want, don't let the authorities or anyone tell you what you should be doing.

Wait...not Brotherhood?

Brotherhood was not nearly as philosophical as the original. Like I said Brotherhood had quite a few net gains, and had some real feel good moments. The original one on the other hand always had gains followed by losses, it was very faithful to its philosophy of equal exchange. It even ended with you feeling kind of disappointed because the protagonists did not necessarily get a happy ending, though it wasn't a sad ending either. They were in a more or less equal but different position than they were at the beginning of the series. The fact that there was no real net gain in happiness leaves the viewer with an odd taste in their mouth and most people didn't like that.

Brotherhood had a really happy ending. Things were lost, but in the end there was quite a bit of net gain. You felt better for watching it.

Brotherhood is more to the manga though.

I think his point is that it's more philosophical in that sense though.

The Melody of Oblivion :
Is an exploration of the frailty and greed of humanity. Every episode explores some form of fear, jealousy, and greed. The moral of the story is the Sith philosophy that peace is a lie, and that war promotes stability. If we ever eliminate everything that threatens us, we are bound to threaten ourselves, and thus humanity requires a common enemy, a common fear to keep it under check, because that common enemy is a lesser evil than we ourselves are when left to our own greed.

Casshern Sins - It's an exploration of humanity's need to rely on a higher power and its demise should that power disappear. It then proceeds to explore the fears and hardships people go through at the end of the world. Actually now that I think about it, the structure of Casshern Sins' story is very similar to that of season 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth. Actually, it's the same. Emeraude = Luna, the Magic Knights = Casshern.

Full Metal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood) - Equal Exchange. For every good thing that happens in this show, something really F'ed up happens in exchange. Brotherhood usually has a net gain, the original FMA though is constantly kept at 0, its losses always balance out its gains.

One Piece - This is not a philosophical anime all in all, but it does have one specific philosophy that I people may not have noticed, and this philosophy has pretty much been prevalent throughout the whole show, and Luffy is the embodiment of this philosophy. It's best summed up by the lyrics : "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!" Seriously, that is the theme of this show, do whatever the hell you want, don't let the authorities or anyone tell you what you should be doing.

Wait...not Brotherhood?

Brotherhood was not nearly as philosophical as the original. Like I said Brotherhood had quite a few net gains, and had some real feel good moments. The original one on the other hand always had gains followed by losses, it was very faithful to its philosophy of equal exchange. It even ended with you feeling kind of disappointed because the protagonists did not necessarily get a happy ending, though it wasn't a sad ending either. They were in a more or less equal but different position than they were at the beginning of the series. The fact that there was no real net gain in happiness leaves the viewer with an odd taste in their mouth and most people didn't like that.

Brotherhood had a really happy ending. Things were lost, but in the end there was quite a bit of net gain. You felt better for watching it.

Brotherhood is more to the manga though.

I think his point is that it's more philosophical in that sense though.

I don't think he is saying which is better or anything like that.

I understand that. And to be honest I enjoyed both shows yet I see Brotherhood more philosophical in my opinion.

The Melody of Oblivion :
Is an exploration of the frailty and greed of humanity. Every episode explores some form of fear, jealousy, and greed. The moral of the story is the Sith philosophy that peace is a lie, and that war promotes stability. If we ever eliminate everything that threatens us, we are bound to threaten ourselves, and thus humanity requires a common enemy, a common fear to keep it under check, because that common enemy is a lesser evil than we ourselves are when left to our own greed.

Casshern Sins - It's an exploration of humanity's need to rely on a higher power and its demise should that power disappear. It then proceeds to explore the fears and hardships people go through at the end of the world. Actually now that I think about it, the structure of Casshern Sins' story is very similar to that of season 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth. Actually, it's the same. Emeraude = Luna, the Magic Knights = Casshern.

Full Metal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood) - Equal Exchange. For every good thing that happens in this show, something really F'ed up happens in exchange. Brotherhood usually has a net gain, the original FMA though is constantly kept at 0, its losses always balance out its gains.

One Piece - This is not a philosophical anime all in all, but it does have one specific philosophy that I people may not have noticed, and this philosophy has pretty much been prevalent throughout the whole show, and Luffy is the embodiment of this philosophy. It's best summed up by the lyrics : "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!" Seriously, that is the theme of this show, do whatever the hell you want, don't let the authorities or anyone tell you what you should be doing.

Wait...not Brotherhood?

Brotherhood was not nearly as philosophical as the original. Like I said Brotherhood had quite a few net gains, and had some real feel good moments. The original one on the other hand always had gains followed by losses, it was very faithful to its philosophy of equal exchange. It even ended with you feeling kind of disappointed because the protagonists did not necessarily get a happy ending, though it wasn't a sad ending either. They were in a more or less equal but different position than they were at the beginning of the series. The fact that there was no real net gain in happiness leaves the viewer with an odd taste in their mouth and most people didn't like that.

Brotherhood had a really happy ending. Things were lost, but in the end there was quite a bit of net gain. You felt better for watching it.

Brotherhood is more to the manga though.

I think his point is that it's more philosophical in that sense though.

I don't think he is saying which is better or anything like that.

I understand that. And to be honest I enjoyed both shows yet I see Brotherhood more philosophical in my opinion.

The Melody of Oblivion :
Is an exploration of the frailty and greed of humanity. Every episode explores some form of fear, jealousy, and greed. The moral of the story is the Sith philosophy that peace is a lie, and that war promotes stability. If we ever eliminate everything that threatens us, we are bound to threaten ourselves, and thus humanity requires a common enemy, a common fear to keep it under check, because that common enemy is a lesser evil than we ourselves are when left to our own greed.

Casshern Sins - It's an exploration of humanity's need to rely on a higher power and its demise should that power disappear. It then proceeds to explore the fears and hardships people go through at the end of the world. Actually now that I think about it, the structure of Casshern Sins' story is very similar to that of season 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth. Actually, it's the same. Emeraude = Luna, the Magic Knights = Casshern.

Full Metal Alchemist (Not Brotherhood) - Equal Exchange. For every good thing that happens in this show, something really F'ed up happens in exchange. Brotherhood usually has a net gain, the original FMA though is constantly kept at 0, its losses always balance out its gains.

One Piece - This is not a philosophical anime all in all, but it does have one specific philosophy that I people may not have noticed, and this philosophy has pretty much been prevalent throughout the whole show, and Luffy is the embodiment of this philosophy. It's best summed up by the lyrics : "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!" Seriously, that is the theme of this show, do whatever the hell you want, don't let the authorities or anyone tell you what you should be doing.

Wait...not Brotherhood?

Brotherhood was not nearly as philosophical as the original. Like I said Brotherhood had quite a few net gains, and had some real feel good moments. The original one on the other hand always had gains followed by losses, it was very faithful to its philosophy of equal exchange. It even ended with you feeling kind of disappointed because the protagonists did not necessarily get a happy ending, though it wasn't a sad ending either. They were in a more or less equal but different position than they were at the beginning of the series. The fact that there was no real net gain in happiness leaves the viewer with an odd taste in their mouth and most people didn't like that.

Brotherhood had a really happy ending. Things were lost, but in the end there was quite a bit of net gain. You felt better for watching it.

Brotherhood is more to the manga though.

I think his point is that it's more philosophical in that sense though.

I don't think he is saying which is better or anything like that.

I understand that. And to be honest I enjoyed both shows yet I see Brotherhood more philosophical in my opinion.

Oh sorry to interrupt then. lol

How was brotherhood more philosophical in you opinion then?

*curious*

My Turn:

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I found myself thinking and somewhat questioning how I think about life, purpose, and humanity. The original did the same yet it didn't struck as much.

Not only that it's been awhile since I've watched the original. I did complete the series though.